United States Fire Administration
20 August 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Fire Police Officer Brian Peek, 67, of the Goldsboro Fire Company on 16 August 2024.
On Friday, August 16, 2024, Fire Police Officer Brian Peek was directing traffic during a vehicle crash when he was struck by an automobile. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Age: 67
Rank: Fire Police Officer
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Aug. 16, 2024 2:20 PM
Date of death: Aug. 16, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Struck By
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Scene Safety
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 37.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2024.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
Photograph courtesy of the Goldsboro Fire Company/Facebook
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